sexāgēnāriōs dē ponte
sexāgēnāriōs dē ponte
Classical[sɛk.saː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.oːs ˈdeː ˈpɔn.tɛ]Ecclesiastical[seɡ.za.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.os ˈdɛː ˈpɔn.te]
Meaning
- sixty-year-olds over the bridge
Origins
When the men of Rome reached the age of sixty, they could no longer vote in the ovile and later the Saepta Iulia (the places where the citizens cast votes), and if they tried to enter, they would be pushed back from the bridge leading to them.